Article Archive for August 2006
Posted in Technology on 22 August 2006
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HybridCars nutramed.com scifun.chem.wisc.edu epa.gov We have always been told that automobile is doing lots of harm to our Earth. However, not many of us know the seriousness of the harm. In this entry, I’ll like to highlights what are the main pollutants generated by automobile. – Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide, CO2, is one of the [...]
Posted in Technology on 22 August 2006
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hybridCARS Hybridcenter HowStuffWorks Care2 GreenHybrid Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids. Since gasoline hybrids are the kind you’ll find at your local car dealership, we’ll focus on those in this article but before that let’s just [...]
Posted in Technology on 22 August 2006
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www.epa.state.oh.us www.mbhs.edu www.ecsel.psu.edu Our cars, while necessary, are very harmful to the environment. The average American automobile emits its own weight in pollutants into the atmosphere each year. Auto emissions account for about 60% of air pollution (especially ozone smog) in U.S cities. The problems inherent to automobile transportation stem from the use of gasoline [...]
Posted in Campaign on 14 August 2006
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http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/toohot/index.html Heat waves. Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Catastrophic storms. Migrating viruses. Population displacement. Over the past 100 years, the mass consumption of fossil fuels, especially in America, has contributed to a dangerous warming of the earth that has adversely impacted the way we live. The cautionary documentary TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE offers a [...]
Posted in Campaign on 12 August 2006
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Singapore announced today (30th May 2006) the launch of public consultation on NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY. Singapore is a city-state with limited natural resources. We are heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels and have limited scope to explore renewable energy sources to meet our domestic energy needs. As an export-oriented economy, much of the energy [...]
Posted in Global Warming on 10 August 2006
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The Australian Reported by Mark Henderson THE world will warm by 3C, even under the most optimistic emissions projections for 2050, according to the UN group that studies global warming. The increase, which would cause drought and famine for 400 million people and devastate wildlife, is predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in [...]


